Wichita eagle., 1887-05-15
BORN TO BOOM AND BLOOM.
A Citizen of Wichita Writes Letter
Which is Published.

| A Citizen of Wichita Writes Letter
| Which is Published.
The following letter written by Wichi-
tan to gentleman in Jacksonville, Illinois,
we clip from the Illinois Courier and re-
publish for its many pertinent points:
Dear Strive have the men to make q
city, and without the right kind of men
YOU cannot make a city anywhere. The
ball will be kept rolling right along and
standing by the wayside will be left.
| To be sure, we started with little wind,
and we are termed the "Windy Wonder. -
That wind developed into whirlwind,
and by fall the east will say 1t is cyclone.
1t is coming, and We cannot help it, and
We would not if we could.
That little wind we started with is back
ed now by good hard dollars, and men
holding it who know how to use it. They
have had experience enough to know that
use it, and so they are not going to let the
that the city will go under. If fire
ley, you would find her building right up
|
have men that you cannot put down.
| Everybody is with us and ready to help
us, and if we want money to further any
| With the men we have and the money to
back them what more do you want to win
with?
There is no objection to our location as to
railroads, sewerage or anything. When
our men went east a yearagO to induce e
of the trunk lines to build west from Kan
sas City to wichita it was considered an
impossibility by everyone, but one of the
lines is coming all the same. The Rock
Island took advantage of the opportunity
offered them, and is building right here.
1t was matter that forced itself upon the
attention of these lines, and one of the
pooled roads had to pay attention to what
was being done, and so it is going to be the
same with the stock business. Kansas City
took it away from eastern cities and in a
few years we will take part of the Kan
sas City business. She does not propose
to divide, but she will do it. Kansas City
is 22S miles east of here. We are in the
midst of the finest agricultural region in
the world, and a country but half deve.-
oped.
There are any number of good towns
around us, as Newton, Winfield, Arkansas
City, Wellington, Hutchinson and others.
and we propose to make them better. AS
we grow they will grow. Our men own
property in all of them. In more towns
in this state and west of here than any other
city in the state. She has laid out more
town sites thon any other city. You can
hardly find town west of here that theI e
is not Wichita man there or a Wichita
man owning property. And our men are
interested in the pine lands of Eastern Tex
as and Arkansaw, the grazing lands of the
Pan Handle of Texas as well as the terrific
ries. They own city and country property
around San Diego, Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco and other cities in California. In Ell
| PasO, Fort Worth, Galveston, DenisOn,
San Antonio and other places in Texas,
and the next large city to be built west of
here you will find Wichita men right there
with their capital to assist in the great re-
vival.
Wichita will not swallow up Kansas
City, St. Louis, Omaha, Chicago or any Of
the other large cities, because she cannot
afford to. She has got to use them in her
business They willall back her, because
it is the only city in the west that they can
do it without injury to themselves. With
| the help from all these cities and the return
here of all the capital now invested in other
cities why should this not be great com
mercial center?
Wichita is the best advertised young city
in the United States, and will continue 10
be. We have had boom which lead ali
other booms, aud if any city attempts to
get up another to beat us we will have
another that will paralyze them.
| When the other towns in this state want
to boom they send their men here to get
Wichita men interested, get up excursions
to their towns, etc, and we help them out
always. The city has done business of
So, SOC. 900 per week and what city can
equal it?
1t is claimed that we have enough terri
tory laid out to make city as large as
Chicago, or over $780, people, That is
a mistake. After taking out the streets.
rivers, creeks, and low land inside of all
the land plotted into town lots, and allow
ing for the usual number occupying a
house, and every lot was built on, we
could not accommodate one eighth of that
number, and if it was all settled we would
have no addition tor speculative purposes.
! People come here and buy property and
pay the prices because they want it and
must have it. If they pay more for it than
in any other city in the state it is because
it is better property. None but good men
come here, and none but good men will
make any property good.
| West of here there is an immense terri
tory yet undistributed and undevelcped,
which is inviting people and catching them
by the thousands. This is a growing
country, being settled with men and wo
men with pluck and determination to win.
Wichita is the gate way and supply point
for this vast field. Being 2aS miles Dearer
than Kansas City, we ought to supply the
towns and country west of here at least
two days quicker than Kansas City. Ii
NAV be that the wholesale houses cannot
do it, and from what we have seen of the
undertakings in that direction it looks as if
this city was doing her share Of that kind
of business.
You will find here as liberal class OF
people as any city of its size i'll the United
States, and think will put to shame a
good many larger ones. There is nc
trouble to raise any amount of money
wanted for any public enterprise which
will result to the cityss advantage
| There are two motor lines nov building.
The street car Company is extending their
tracks all over the city. The Presbyterians
are going to build college here. The
| Baptists have the Judson university under
contract The Garfield university will